Editing Elsmore, Kansas (section)

==History==
The old town of Elsmore, which for several years was the center of attraction for the citizens of Elsmore Township, was located farther west, not far from Big Creek. On August 25, 1888, after the route of the [[Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad|Missouri, Kansas & Texas R.R.]] from [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] to [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] had been definitely settled, N.L. Ard, J.L. Roberts, J.A. Nicholson, W.D. and H.W. Cox, and O.P. Mattson purchased {{convert|20|acre|m2}} where the present town of Elsmore stands, and platted the town. It soon became a popular trading center and shipping point for that section of the county, and in 1909 was incorporated. In 1910 it reported a population of 216 and had a money order post office (first opened in November 1866<ref>{{Cite web| title=Kansas Post Offices Database| url=http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/postoffices.htm| publisher=Kansas State Historical Society| accessdate=2007-12-15}} Containing information taken from {{Cite book| first=Robert W| last=Baughman| title=Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828–August 3, 1961| publisher=Kansas Postal History Society}}</ref>) with two rural delivery routes, a bank, several good stores, some small manufacturing enterprises, telegraph and express facilities.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |editor=Frank W. Blackmar |title=Elsmore |url=http://www.skyways.org/genweb/archives/1912/e/elsmore.html |accessdate=2007-11-10 |encyclopedia=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ... |volume=I |publisher=Standard Pub Co |location=Chicago |year=1912 |pages=584–585 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121082750/http://www.skyways.org/genweb/archives/1912/e/elsmore.html |archivedate=2005-01-21 }}</ref>